Judge — August 31, 1918 — page 19: what you’re looking at

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| BAD BREAKS Printer's “Pi'’—The Bisnop of St. Asaph has issued the following state- ment for the guidance of the clergy and laity of the dioce: “As clergy, we all desire to do our King and country at this crisis.” —Bristol (England) Evening News. the Encore would If it is correct that owing to the high p.ice of linoleum some people are now whitewashing their floors with yellow ochre.” —Encore. * . . Lapses—‘ What like to kno “M. Venizelos added: ‘Let the really blind of Athens come here and see for themselves how far from the truth they are.’”"—London Times. . . . The first authentic instance of a pigeon returning to a traveling domicile is that of Noah’s dove to the drifting Ark. —Ideas. * . * Deafening peals of thunder were Sollowed by vivid lightning.—John Bull (London). Look Out!—According toa celebrated astronomer, there is no danger of the new star colliding with the world for the next hundred years or so. When the collision does take place, however, it will undoubt- edly have a considerable effect upon the conduct of the war.—Lady’s Pictorial (London). An Unnatural Brood—In thus de- voting herself, as a daughter might to a childless widow, she was kept from brood- ing over her own troubles.—Smart Tales (London). They Cost Twenty-five Cents— On “War Savings Stamp Day” an editorial in Mr. Hearst’s New York Evening Journal exhorted its readers as follows: Buy your Thrift Stamps, show them to the family. Point out the picture of George Washington in the middle of the Stamp. If the gifted author of those lines had only stopped writing about Thrift Stamps long enough to buy one—or at least to borrow some one else’s—he would have found that it might puzzle even the owner of the Journal to discover a por- trait of George Washington in the mid- dle, or anywhere else. It is a risky business, this describing objects we have never seen.—Collier’s. Miss Vinegar's School Out for Exercise ! madame, laisser-moi cous feliciter. . . t me to congratulate you, madam. (Paris) VACATIONS | el Trying Situation—“The suspense is breaking down Mr. Bender's health.” “What suspense?” “That of waiting for Mrs. Bender to decide whether the preservation of her health through the summer depends on a trip to the mountains or the seashore.— Birmingham A ge-Herald. Great Moments in Medical History—No. 2 €sculapius discovers the insignia of the Army Medical Corps on returning at A. M. from the banguet of the Athens Medical Association. —Medical Pickwick. mais quel dommage que vous n'ayez pas eu de But what a pity none of them is a boy!"—La Solicitude—“ Where are you from?” “Saskatchewan!” “That's a bad cold you got, neighbor.” —Louisville Courier Journal. The Easier Way—“ Going away this summer?” “No. Going to stay right here where I can ask my husband for money. It’s such a nuisance to have to keep writing for it.” -—Detroit Free Press. = e [ LUCK Well Married—“Smith is a lucky man,” said Brown. “He certainly is,” agreed Jones. “He has raised six daughters and he doesn’t have to support even one of his sons-in-law.”"—Cincinnati Enquirer. | The Ladder—“ Take a good look at this ladder, my boy.” “What for?” “And then remember that if it were possible to get to the top at a single bound there would be no necd of the bottom rungs.”—Detroit Free Press. Glad Release—“The presents are both numerous and costly.” “Yes, I dare say the bride received nothing that was given more cheerfully than this chest of silver. “Who was the donor? “Her former husband, who has been paying alimony for seven years. Her claim against him terminates at the altar tonight.” —Birmingham A ge-Herald. comicbooks.com